Assassins (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Jim Eldridge | knygos.lt

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The first of a new mystery series featuring Winston Churchill and King George V: an intriguing departure for bestselling children s author Jim Eldridge. "
" London, 1921. "Prominent Cabinet minister Lord Amersham has been shot dead outside his Regents Park home, two bullets to the chest and one to the forehead. The killing bears the hallmarks of a professional hit.
Tackling one of the most high-profile cases Scotland Yard has ever faced, DCI Paul Stark is under pressure to produce a quick result. Amersham s colleague, Secretary of State for the Colonies Winston Churchill, is convinced the Bolsheviks are responsible. Stark s colleagues at Special Branch believe there s a connection to the Government talks taking place over Irish Home Rule. Or could the motive be connected to Lord Amersham s scandalous private life?
Then there is a second murder, once again committed by an expert marksman at close range - and the case takes a terrifying new twist . . .